Eye set for dolls



Nov. 25, 1930. v J. H. WILHELM 1,732,333

EYE SET.FOR DpLLs Filed Jan. 19, 1928' 2 sheets-sheet INAVENTOR John H. Wilhelm A ORN Nov. 25, 1930. I J. H. WILHELM 1,782,333

EYE SET iron DOLLS 7 Filed Jan. 19. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR John H.Wilhelm Y A E i Patented Nov. 25, 1930 UNITED STATES PA N'TOFF Ei i aoimn: wiLHEL on ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR 'ro MAR-RON MANU;

FAcTU tINGco. me, or NEwYonK, N. Y., A oo roRArIo or NEwYonx EYE SET FOR DOLLS Application m January 19, 1928. Serial No. 247,764.

This invention relates to an eyeset for dolls and similar manikins, and relates more particularly to improvements in animated or self-moving'eyes for dolls and the'like.

ime desideratumtof my present in ventioncenters about the provision of an improvedeye set of the animated type in which i which means are provided for checking or the movement of the eye set between eye open ing and eye closing positions is controlled by theusual movement of the dollshead between erect and" recumbent positions combined with a secondary movement which is i imparted tothe dolls head by the child. The secondary movement and the operation of theeye set thereby is designed'to simulate a more natural or lifelike behaviour of the doll and to reproduce the care and actions of a solicitous mother characteristic of the act of putting an" infant to sleep and the act of waking an infant from'sleep. a

able in response to a-m"ovement of thedoll between erectand recumbent positions rin preventing a closing movement of the eye members of the eyeset' until thedoll has been turned to one side of a recumbent orlying as ifin response toacoaxing or waking action.

dolls eye s et'inwhich-the checliing means for "preventing or retarding eitherthe opening or closing movements of theeye members is Ofmounted on or connecteclto thesupporting carrier for the eye members so thatallof the *partsformingthe eye set 'are adapted to be assembled as a unit, for facility ofhandling {land for ease of mounting the same in the 5'doll-s head. i i

i Further prime objects of theinvention reside in theprovision of an improved eyeset 0f the charz'icter hereinbefore set forth in whichthefparts are'coordinated for producoi ing the desired functions witli simplieit yand To accomplish this desideratum; it is the prime objectof my invention to provide an 7 improved eye set of the typewhich is 'mov positionfand for checking or preventing the returner opening movement of the eye membersuntil the doll is shook org'ently vibrated precision, with said parts so structurally :11 U

ranged and organizedvas to premit the eye-set to be manufactured in quantity production with ease and at a comparatively lowcost.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the elements andtheir relation one to the other, asherer matter more particularly described and sought to be defined in theclaims,reference 1 plane ofdthe line 22, Fig. 1 and showing the dolls'headin vertical or erect position, v

Fig. 3 isa rear elevational View thereof,

shown detached from the dolls head with parts shown'in section,' 1 i Fig. 5 is a i'ear elevational View of'an eye set showinga modification of my invention,

Fig. 6 is an elevatioi'ialjview thereof taken iii-cross section in the plane of theline 6-6,

Fig. 7 is a rear elevational View of a modiapp'lyingmy invention'thereto, and a Fig. 8 is a sideelevational view of! the eye set shown in Fig; 7

Referring'now more detail tothefdrawingsand having referencefi'rst to Figs; 1 to Fig. 4 isatop plan view of the eye set lied form of eye set showing the manner of it-thereof, the improved eye set of my present generally designated as "B movably mounted tions, combined with ameans generallydesiginvention comprises genericallya carrier gen erally designated as attachable interiorly' to a dollshead 10, eye members and a holder 7 nated as D operative for checking the closing movement of said eye members untilthehead hasbeen turned to one side, the said means D being preferably also QHQJQMVE? for checkmg the return or opening movement of the eye of eye holder and eye member adjustment members until a gentle vibration is imparted to the dolls head 10 in response to a simulating coaxing or waking action.

In the preferred form of the invention, as shown for example in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings, the carrier A, the holder and eye members B, the means C which preferably comprises the usual pendulous or weighted member operative formoving the eye members between their closed and open positions and the checking means D are combined and organized to form a composite unit adapted to be assembled as an entity, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, so that the same may be handled with facility and mounted with convenience and ease in the dolls head, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings.

The carrier A is preferably of the type embodying attaching means which may be impaled under pressure into one or more walls of the dolls head for anchoringly mounting the eye set in the head; and in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings I show a carrier of the general type disclosed, for example, in the patent to A. Konoff, 1,621,07 2 of March 15, 1927. This type of carrier comprises a body ll-made of sheet metal, the top and bottom edges of which are bent or turned to provide channels, inwhich channels attaching members 12 and 13 are longitudinally slidable' with a close or tight fit. The attaching members are provided with the terminal tangs 14, 14 which are impaled or embedded in the opposite cheek walls of the dolls head 10, as most clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, when the attaching members 12 and 13 are forced outwardly in opposite directions, this being effected by means of a suitable tool which engages in orifices 15 and 16 provided in the attaching members. Preferably the at taching members may be provided with the stop or limiting fingers 17 and 18 formed integrally with the attaching members.

The carrier A is provided with a support for mounting or journaling the eye holder B, and preferably this support is arranged in a medial plane of the dolls head and medially of the carrier A. This support is desirably formed integrally with the body 11 of the carrier by strikingvup therefrom a pair of bifurcated arms 19, 19, in the forks of which the eye holder B is mounted for oscillatory movement, as most clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the drawings.

The eye holder B in the form of the invention shownin Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings, preferably comprises a cross rod 20 forming a bridge piece oscillat-ably receivable between .the tines of the bifurcated arms 19 and a pair of eye ,members 21 ;and .22 mounted on said cross rod andadjustably spaced thereon to fit into eye sockets 23 of the dolls head when the eyeset isfitted into thedolls head. The type which I prefer to use is that disclosed in detail in the patent to Samuel Marcus, 1,601,133 of September 28, 1926.

As heretofore set forth, it is a desideratum of the invention to control the eye opening .and closing movements of the eye members by the usual movement of the dolls head between erect and recumbent positions, combined with a secondary movement which is imparted to the dolls head by the child. The means controlled by the secondary movement is designed so as to be preferably associated with both the act of putting the doll to sleep and the act of waking the doll; and said means is designed and constructed so as to prevent a closing movement of the eye members until the dolls head is turned or laid to one side of a recumbent position, and so as to prevent a return or opening movement of the eye members until a gentle shock or vibration is imparted to the doll, these movements simulating the solicitous care and natural behaviour of both mother and child.

To accomplish these objects I provide the weighted or pendulous member C comprising a rod 24 supporting at its bottom a. weight 25, the said rod being attached or connected to the cross rod 20, the connecting means comprising an element 26 fixed centrally to the rod 20 as by brazing o1 welding, to which element the upper end of the rod 24 is swiveled as by means of the eyelet 27. Cooperating with this swivelly mounted pendulum C, I provide the checking means D in the form of an arcuate shaped member 28 which is fixedly attached to the carrier A medially thereof, the said member 28 being provided integrally for this purpose with an attaching means 29 having fingers 30 and 31 which straddle the body 11 of the carrier and are turned over into tight frictional engagement therewith, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 to 4 of the drawings.

The cooperation between the pendulum C and the checking means D is such that when the eye members 21 and 22 are in open position and the dolls head 10 is moved from an erect to a horizontal position, the bottom edge 32 of the checking means D serves to act asa stop against which the rod 24 of the aendulum abuts, as most clearly shown in Figsr2 and4of the drawings, this preventing the closing movement of the eyes, the eyesremainin open as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. lVhen, however. the dolls head 10 is then moved or tilted to one side or the other of the recumbent position suflicient to permit a movement of the pendulum rod 24 laterally of the longitudinal plane in which the pendulum normally lies, the pendulum rod 24 will swing clear of the checking means D and will then be free to move to the dotted line position shown, in Fig. 2 of the drawings,

causingthe eye members to move to their closed position. When the doll is then returned from a tilted to a normal lying position, the pendulum C will move toward the medial plane and the rod 24 thereof will be engaged by one of the shoulders 33, 33 formed in the upper part of the arcuate check plate 28so that when. the doll isv returned to the non-sleeping or erect position, the dolls eyes will remain closed, as clearly shown in Fig.

2 of the drawings, until a light shocking or vibratory movement isimpa-rted to the dolls head sufficient todislodge the pendulum rod 24 from the stop shoulder 33; and when so dislodged, the eye members under the influence of the pendululnmoving from the full line position shown in Fig. 2 to the dotted line position shown therein will thenmove from the closed to the open position.

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In 1* igs'. 5 and 6 of the drawings I show a modified form of the invention in whichthe checkingmeans is constructed to guide the movement of the pendulum between open and closed positions, the checking means being further designed and constructed to provide a positive step or check for the eye moving means in closed position when the doll remains in a tilted recumbent position.

.Other wise the eye set shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings is of the same construction as that shown in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings and is designated by similar and primed ref erence characters. The checking means D is different, however, and comprises an arcuate shaped plate 35 which may be soldered to the body member 11 of the carrier A along the top edge 3601? said plate, the said plate beingprovided with the cam slots 37 and 38 arranged symmetrically on opposite sides of the mediator longitudinal plane of the eye set. These cam slotsform or define guiding means .for the pendulum rod 24 and terminatel at their topsin enlargementswhich provide stop shoulders 39, 39 onopposi'te sides of each ,cam slot the said camslots being oined in the medial plane of the carrier by a stop shoulder 40. With this construction it will be apparent that when the dollshead is moved from the vertical tothe horizontal, the pendulumwill be checked in a manner similar to that heretofore described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4 of the'draw'ings, but when the dolls head is tilted or moved to either side, the pendulum, free to swing laterally of the; normal longitudinal plane thereof, will move guidedby one or the other of thec'am slots and 38 to impart a closing movement to the eye members. i It will he further apparent that at the end of its move I ment the pendulum rod 24' will be lodged on either, side of one of the cam slot enlargements,.and engagedby a stop shoulder 39 will be prevented or checked against return movement until a slight shock is imparted to the idolls head. While I have' shown a stop shoulder on both sides of a sl ot will be manifest that in some cases it is desirabl only to have one such stop shoulder.

In the manufacture of the eye set, the carrier A with its attached checkingmeans D .is made separate from the eye holder 13 with itsattached pendulum C; and to permit con venient assemblyof these parts, the arcuate plate 35 of .the checking means D is slitted at 41 sufiicient to permit the parts 42 and 43 of the plate 35 to be sprung apart to allow the insertion of the pendulum rod 24'. In lieu ofsoldering the plate 35 along the edge 36, the said plate may be formed integrally with an attaching member 44 having a con" struction and a manner of attachment similar to the attaching member 29 heretofore described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4 of the j drawings.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings, the stop or checking means D comprises an arcuate plate having a design and construction substantially similar to that described in connection with Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings,- the said plate having a finger 45 which may be connected as lous member 0 The rod 53 of the pendulous' member C comprises in effect a lever having an application arm 54 which is guided for movement in the camslots 55 and 56 of the checking means D r l The form of carrier A -shown in this modified form of the invention comprises a bi furcated support/for the cross rod 48, which cross rod is loosely'mounted in the support and acted upon bya spring57 housed bythe carrier A the saidcarrier having terminal tangs 58 and 59 which ,are adapted to be moved in opposite directions to be impaled or embedded into stud wallsforming part of the dolls head (not shown) In this form of the invention it willbe seen that the/can rier A and the check plate D -also form a and 47. and the pendulum are movable, the checking "means D cooperating with" the pendulum C to controltheeye opening and closing movements of the eye members in re- .115 unit relative to which the eye members .46

sponse to a secondary movement'imparted to the dolls headand similar to that described in connectionwith the preceding figures.

The manner of making and usingthe improved eye set of mypresent invention and i the many advantages thereofwill, in the main, be fully apparent fromthe above detailed" description. thereofrf It will be apparent, for example, that in all of the preferred formsof theinvention, all of the parts i of the eye set are assembleable into a single unit or entity for facility of handling, assembling and mounting in the dolls head. It will be further apparent that the unitary construction and the assembly provided permits the functional interrelation between the parts to be predetermined by the manufacture of the eye set, and hence results in the making of eye sets of this character which may be operated witl exactness and reliability. Other advantages will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art of designing eye sets intended for manufacture in quantity production at reduced costs.

It will also be apparent that while I have shown and described my invention in the preferred forms, many changes and modifications may be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention, defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, means connected to the eye members for moving the same between open and closed positions, and means on said carrier for normally checking the closing movement of said eye members and for permitting free closing movement of said eye members when the head has been turned to one side.

2. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier embodying means for attaching the carrier to the dolls head, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, means attached to the eye members for moving the same between open and closed positions, and means attached to said carrier for normally checking the closing movement of said eye members and for permitting free closing movement of said eye members when the head has been turned to one side.

3. An eye set for a dolls head comprising, a carrier having a support arranged medially thereof, a cross rod having eye members spaced thereon movably mounted on said support, means connected to the eye members for moving thesame between open and closed positions, and means on said carrier for normally checking the closing movement of said eye members and for permit ting free closing movement otsaid eye members when the head has been turned to one side.

4;. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, an eye member holder movably mounted on the carrier, means connected to the eye member holder for moving the same between open and closed positions, and means 011 said carrier for normally checking the closing movement of said eye members and for permitting free closing movement of said eye members when the head has been turned to one side, said carrier, holder and both of said means being assembled as a unit for handling and for mounting in the head.

5. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, means connected to the eye members for moving the same between open and closed positions, means on said carrier for automatically checking the closing movement of said eye members until the head has been turned to one side, and means on said carrier for automatically checking the return opening movement of said eye members until a shock is imparted to said head.

6. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, means connected to the eye members for moving the same between open and closed positions, means for automatically checking the closing movement of said eye members while the head looks upward, but permitting the closing movement when the head is turned to look toward one side, and means for automatically checking the opening movement of said eye members until a shocking motion is imparted to said head.

7. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, means connected to the eye members for moving the same between open and closed positions, and means stationarily mounted in said head for automatically checking the closing movement of said eye members while the head looks upward, but permitting the closing movement when the head is turned to look toward one side and for checking the opening movement of said eye members until a shocking motion is imparted to said head.

8. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, means connected to the eye members for moving the same between open and closed positions, and means stationarily mounted in said head for automatically checking the closing movement of said eye members until the head has been turned to one side, and for then permitting free and unchecked closing movement of said eye members.

9. An eye set for a dolls head comprising, a carrier having attaching means for attaching the carrier to the dolls head, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, means connected to the eye members for moving the same between open and closed positions, and means stationarily mounted on the dolls head for automatically checking the closing movement of said eye members while the head looks upward, but permitting the closing movement when the head is turned to look toward one side, and means also stationarily mounted in the dolls head for checking the opening movement of said eye members until a shocking motion is imparted to said head.

10. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, a pendulum connected to the eye members for operating the same between on said carrier, a pendulum connected to the to swing-in a medial plane of the dolls head a so eye members and arranged to swing in a longitudinal plane of the dolls head for moving the eye members between open and closed ositions said endulum bein mounted for an independent movement laterally of said longitudinal plane, and means on said carrier arranged in said longitudinal plane for checking the operating movement of said pendulum until the dolls head has been turnedto I one side to permit the pendulum to move laterally of said longitudinal plane, a

12. An eyeset for a dolls head comprising a carrier having a support arranged medially thereof, eye membersmovably mounted on said medially arranged support, a pendulum connected tothe eye members and arranged for moving the eye membersbetween open and closed posltions, sa1d pendulum being i mounted for an independent movement laterally of said medial plane, and means on move laterally of said medial plane.

said carrier arranged in said medial plane for checking the operating movement of said pendulum until the dolls head has been turnedto one side to permit the pendulum to 13, An'eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on said carrier, a pendulum connected to the eye members and arranged to swing in a longitudinal plane of the dolls head for mov ing the eyemembers between open and closed positions, said pendulum being mounted for an independent movement laterally of said longitudinal plane, and means arranged in said medial plane for automatically checking the operating movement of said pendulum until the dolls head hasbeen turned to one side to permit the pendulum tomove laterally of said medial plane and for then permitting free and unchecked closing movement of said eye members.

,14. An eye set for ing a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, a pendulum connected to the eye members for operating the same between openand closed positions, and means wholly on said carrier I cooperating with said pendulum to check a closing movement thereofwhile the head looksupward, but permitting the closing movement when the i dolls head is turned to look toward one side,

to guide the movement of said pendulum bea dolls head compristween eye opening and closing positions and to check an opening movement of said pendulum until a shocking motionis imparted to said head.

15. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members movably mounted on the carrier, a pendulumconnected to the, eye members for operating the same be tween open and closed positions, said endulum being mounted on said ey-e mem ers for an independent lateral movement, and

' a cam plate on said carriereooperating with. sa1d pendulum and embodying a stop means to check a closing movement of the pen-' dulum until the dolls head has been turned to oneside to move said pendulum laterally, a cam slot to guide the movement of said pendulum between open and closed positions and a stop means tocheck-anopening movement of said pendulum until a shocking motion is imparted to said head. i

1 16. An eye set for a dolls head comprising a carrier, eye members andan element connecting the eye members movably mountedon the carrier, a pendulumpivotally connected to said connecting element, .said pen dululn being movable with said element to movethe eyeinembersbetween open and closed positions andb'eing pivotally movable relatively to said element, and a cam'plate on said carrier cooperatlng with said pendulum and embodying a stop means to check an eye closing movement or the pendulum until the.

dolls headhasbeen turned to one side to permit a dulum.

17 An eye set for dolls head compris ing a carrier havinga centrally arranged support, eye members movably mounted on the carrier support, a pendulum connected to the eye members for operating the same between open and closed positions, said pendulum being pivotally mounted on said eye members for an independent lateral movement, and a cam plate on said carrier cooperating with said pendulum, said cam plate embodying a stop means at one end to check a closing movement of the pendulum until the dolls head has been turned to one, side to permit, a pivotal movement of said pendulum, a cam slot to guide the movement of said pendulum between open and closed pivotal movement of said penpositions and a stop means on both sides of said slot at the other end of the plate to check an; opening movement of said penr dulum until a shocking motion is imparted to said head. i 1 Signed at New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of January A. D. 1928. a JOHN H. WILHELM. 

